#this is a standout moment from caduceus

[helimir]

Some top tier Caduceus quotes I've been thinking about in these Downfall times. Something about how so much of Ludinus' position seems to rest on revenge. Showing Bells Hells the squabbling of the gods as they debate what to do about Aeor, and asking 'You can just watch bad people get away with it?'

It doesn't matter if the gods were wrong for their choices. Killing them won't bring back Aeor and it won't stop the violence that Ludinus and the Ruby Vanguard have visited on the world. I just don't see what it's for.

[primrose-path-of-dalliance]

jester began falling in love with caleb in episode 103.

not any earlier in my opinion, and not later, either.

there's two elements to why i believe e103 is the turning point.

(1) the first is caleb's actions and jester's responses to them during the night they all sleep by the waterfall—his support of her idea to sleep underwater, his conversation with her after her commune with artagan, and his casting of programmed illusion in the dome.

(2) the second is the way her behavior toward caleb pivots around e103. before e103 is a noticeably different beast to how she begins to treat him after e103—the attention she pays him, her efforts to hold more standout interactions with him, and a dramatic swell of emotion and thematic meaning in these scenes’ respective subtext.

the rumblecusp arc is the point in which jester’s character growth, and caleb’s efforts to unconditionally support her, really begin to shine. throughout the complex growing pains that jester and artagan's relationship was experiencing, the one person who truly takes a moment to offer her support without any agenda or judgment is caleb.

(e103, 1:22:55, bold mine)

CALEB: You okay over there?

JESTER: (tearful) Yeah, I'm fine. Just—I'm just drawing.

CALEB: Maybe didn't go as well as you were hoping?

JESTER: Um... In some ways it went better. But no.

CALEB: I can't speak for him. But you do have us.

JESTER: I know.

CALEB: So whatever you land on, Jester, we'll make it happen.

JESTER: (shaky laugh) I have to figure out what I want to land on.

CALEB: That is the, uh—sticky wicket, isn't it?

JESTER: Yeah. Everything's confusing.

CALEB: Maybe... Maybe we sleep on it, it'll make more sense in the morning.

JESTER: Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Caleb.

CALEB: I didn't do anything.

jester confesses that her commune with artagan didn’t provide the answers she was hoping for—that he knew about the curse on the island—and caleb doesn’t remark on what that seems like. he deliberately avoids speculating on why artagan is doing these things because “he can’t speak for him.” he doesn’t assume anything about what she might choose to do and explicitly leaves that choice up to her. jester vents briefly about how difficult the choice is, and caleb offers her reassurance, a reminder that some time will make things clearer. he doesn’t suggest solutions.

unlike fjord or beau, caleb doesn’t ask her to voice outright whether artagan is being a good friend. he doesn’t continually question his character and imply any personal opinions to her or what he thinks she should do. instead, he asks whether she’s okay. he listens. and he offers unconditional support.

this is consistently the stance caleb takes in the rumblecusp arc. and it’s not discussed much, i think, exactly how monumental that was to jester.

(hold on, this is a long one.)

jester is a young woman who grew up sheltered and wants to define herself outside of that shelter. for her, this campaign has essentially been a coming-of-age journey (talks for e76-77, 14:12). she is deeply sensitive to whether or not she’s respected because she’s aware of how her personality and general lack of experience makes others think she’s naive, immature, or incapable (talks for e79, 31:51).

it’s also incredibly evident that her relationship with artagan is unique. in e105 (1:15:01), jester tells the m9, “he really got me through a lot when i was younger, you know? and he was all i had, really.” he was her best friend from childhood in a home where she spent most of her time hidden in a single room. when she was younger, the few times she left the chateau, she was bullied by other girls (e110, 3:34:59). her best friend, though? her best friend was a god. a god with an incredible sense of humor, an aggrandizing attitude, and adoring respect for a young girl in a difficult situation who had as wonderful a personality as him. in every way that matters, artagan’s friendship undoubtedly saved jester’s life.

and she is so, so aware of this. she cares for him deeply, trusts him unconditionally, and is determined to be there for the one person who had been there for her when no one else was, not even her mother.

the renegotiation of this friendship after artagan revealed his full identity was clearly extraordinarily difficult for jester. she was having to reevaluate her entire relationship with the being that pulled her through a childhood of isolation and misery, question his intentions with her and whether they could even remain friends at all. and this was amidst her arrival at a dangerous island with her other friends to help him clean up his mistakes.

asking her to make a judgment on artagan before she’s ready to do it on her own, while managing some high expectations at the same time—not only is it a lot of pressure, it’s frustrating and painful. jester did not want to judge artagan without giving him his fair due and a proper conversation. knowing that her new friends dislike her old friend, besides being hurt by it, distracted her. she had to both defend him outwardly and interrogate him internally. and if she tried to explain how important artagan is to her, a lot of vulnerability would’ve been necessary when she was trying to be a leader and seem competent and capable, instead of a child who needs patronizing guidance.

this latter point is exceptional. because jester lavorre is so vulnerable when it comes to how much she thinks her loved ones respect her and consider her a valuable, equal, and trustworthy individual. and it’s difficult to feel like you’re being valued and trusted when people are repeatedly questioning you about a person and a relationship that they don’t understand in a way that, despite genuine concern, comes across as them doubting your own judgment of one of the most intimate parts of your life.

in this precise moment in e103, caleb is the only person who acknowledges—to her in person, even—that he doesn't have any place in judging her relationship with artagan. that it’s not what she needs from him or anyone else. that he’s content waiting for her to reach a decision. that he will respect that decision.

and jester can believe him. caleb’s done nothing but remain consistent on this stance. he repeatedly supports her choices to run travelercon, trust artagan, and come to his aid.

when other party members question artagan's legitimacy, caleb is the one who almost always speaks up to support jester (some examples: e61, 30:43 / e77, 49:17 / e95, 1:09:17 and 1:15:24).

he actively and enthusiastically offers his magical talents to her to provide for the event preparations. he has a whole conversation with her in e91 (beginning 1:53:41) where he expresses his immense respect for her and her personality, explicitly validates her faith in artagan, and shows her a tangible example of how he wants to help her during the upcoming travelercon. when she suggests some ideas, despite their arguable silliness, caleb takes them at face value and openly admits his lack of expertise in this area (e91, 1:58:35).

when they first arrive at rumblecusp, he directly reassures jester about the ‘travelercon 3000’ banner she leaves on the wrong beach by mentioning that he can make her a new banner (e101, 48:18). once preparations begin in earnest, caleb expends spells very freely, including ones of higher-level, to produce whatever jester requests.

in e103, he hears out her idea of sleeping underwater and gives it equal consideration in spite of other party members trying to shoot it down. the first time she suggests it (36:23), caduceus comments against it and no other party member acknowledges her except for caleb, who agrees with her quietly while the others move on. the second time jester suggests it (46:08), veth comments against it and caleb steps in to openly agree that it’s a good idea, even after fjord and beau join veth in being dubious.

compare these active, consistent moments of support and validation from caleb to similarly active and consistent examples of the other attitudes that manifest during the rumblecusp arc, in contradiction to people’s apparent claims of trust (one such claim of trust: e95, 1:00:21).

plainly insulting artagan to jester as if it’s a given, such as fjord’s “he’s generally full of shit, right?” (e107, 49:42);

fjord, beau, and caduceus’s conversation about “not ruining jester’s big day,” yet distrusting artagan to the extent of planning to keep her from being alone with him, preparing to attack him should he try to sacrifice 200 people for some speculated unknown ritual and/or hurt jester, and discussing all of this behind jester’s back (e108, beginning 15:41);

caduceus’s said shift to distrust of artagan because of a semi-disturbing conversation that jester was equally a part of (e107, beginning 20:40);

and the discussion right before jester’s commune with artagan where beau questions if artagan sent them to rumblecusp knowing of the memory problems, without regard for their well-being (e103, 29:40).

the unfortunate assumption being made by these party members’ repeated questioning and protectiveness of jester is that she cannot be trusted to have good judgment. despite their familiarity with some of the context of her relationship with artagan (especially after e105), they disregard her repeatedly-expressed support of him. they indirectly disrespect her ability to judge for herself whether someone is dangerous to her or her friends. they don’t acknowledge jester’s own role in creating dubious situations and instead direct all their negative feelings and sense of fault to artagan, minimizing her agency.

the e108 conversation is a dense microcosm of how the party perpetrates these assumptions throughout the rumblecusp arc as a whole. without qualm, they discuss deliberately controlling jester’s time with artagan to ‘protect’ her and their willingness to kill the evil image they’ve constructed of him, and dodge jester directly asking them what they’re talking about—even though it is a known given that the m9 would defend her with their lives with or without any prior discussion. the purpose of holding this conversation isn’t to make sure that jester is safe. like caduceus near-explicitly says, it’s to “feel better knowing” that “anybody else was on board with this” (20:26 and 18:57)—to validate their unacknowledged distrust of jester’s judgment with each other, behind her back.

and as laura has said: jester, with her very high wisdom, tends to know what’s going on even if she acts like she doesn’t (talks for e79, 32:39).

in e103, when jester is crying because she’s found out that artagan did know about the island’s memory problems, caleb doesn’t show any sign of taking this as proof of artagan's ill intent. what he does instead: he offers compassion for her pain with zero judgment. he promises to support her, no matter what she ultimately decides to make of this information. these are offers of safety and trust, ones that jester desperately needed.

then—caleb creates a programmed illusion of the m9’s lives. and it’s beautiful.

in comparison to all the analysis prior, this moment is straightforward. jester is an artist. she paints, draws, and creates, and she loves doing it. moreover, she loves making art for other people. though she doesn’t get many chances to do so, the mural of a flowery meadow that she paints for yasha’s room in the xhorhaus is a perfect example. similarly, she enjoys the art she makes when defacing other people’s property—altered signage or statue of the platinum dragon painted in rainbow—in part because they’re gifts to the traveler. she loves making those she loves happy.

happiness and love to jester is overwhelmingly about emotional intimacy. i’ve talked about this to some degree in a previous post about jester’s jealousy. please refer there for in-depth explanation. in brief, though, she puts value on how deeply she knows a person; how often she’s been able to be there for them. this is the love she learned from her mother and from artagan, and how she continues to love once she’s older.

caleb’s arcane rendition of the m9′s lives floating around the inside of the dome is a display of exactly this kind of love. not only is it art crafted from his magic and imagination and love—it’s blatant evidence of how much he cares for every member of the party and where they’ve come from. he remembers their stories and hangs them in the air in hopes that it’ll help them resist the memory erasing. he moves the memory of yasha and zuala in a meadow over to yasha’s pillow-side so she can watch it until she falls asleep. he creates a memory for vilya of her, her husband, and her daughter, listening to and respecting the emotional gravity of what she’s confiding in them.

only a few minutes after jester’s disappointing commune with artagan and her conversation with caleb, she walks into the dome and sees this art. she laughs and stares in wonder at all the memories (e103, 1:46:08). when beau points out the humorous memories of fjord being attacked by turtles so they can all laugh, she tells caleb with equal awe and joy, “wow. this is amazing, caleb” (e103, 1:47:04).

...of course, as lovely and meaningful as these back-to-back moments were for jester, it's not quite evidence of her starting to fall in love with caleb around this time.

that’s where the following episodes come in.

[id: three screenshots of messages sent in a discord channel by the user “prim” (the op). all are timestamped to friday, august 28, 2020, the day after the live premiere of e107. the first has an additional timestamp of 12:53 PM, the second 1:03 PM, and the third 1:30 PM. they read:

honest to god though i don't know if it's just the shipper brain that is making me think laura is trying to roleplay jester beginning to reciprocate caleb's feelings [...]

like........ the golden dick hunt teasing is definitely on par with jester's past shenanigans, but the compliments have been Catching My Attention bc it's honestly not normal for jester to compliment caleb of her own volition like that, just as a one-on-one "i appreciate you" reassurance

and i'm thinking less about the spells from last night's episode (although how much jester was emphasizing the compliments made me go "awwwww") and more of the moments like jester telling caleb "that was impressive" after getting cad out of the tunnel with beau's help

but laura is absolutely a shipping troll with jester this campaign so i'm here like "I'M MAYBE 80% SURE I'M BEING FUCKED WITH BUT IT MAYBE HOLDS UP????" [...]

basically laura keeps doing things that make the alarm in my brain go off and i don't know if i'm picking up something legit or if i'm projecting my hopes, like the recent pattern of compliments from jester LOL

/end id.]

i’m not going to lie, if i try to list every single receipt like i otherwise prefer to do in these metas, i think we (and especially i) would all lose our minds. so while i’m about to provide a lot of citations, they genuinely are just a few possible examples that will mostly be within the dozen episodes after e103.

the more important detail that can be observed from this is that e103 is a turning point.

prior to e103, jester does not particularly go out of her way to interact with caleb. by and large, most of their direct interactions are either initiated by caleb or prompted by the context of a general party conversation. the majority of other moments that could be referred to as ‘widojest’ are of caleb’s evident feelings. beyond early campaign days, jester rarely teases caleb about sexual topics while insinuating things about her own sexual life at the same time.

after e103, laura and jester begin to go out of their way to interact with and intertwine jester’s time with caleb.

the rate of jester’s compliments and enthusiastic gratitude to caleb skyrocket (some examples: e104, 30:36 / e107, 16:49 and 1:11:28 and 1:12:15 and 3:10:39 / e110, 15:58 and 3:37:24 / e111, 36:15 and 38:41 and 50:58);

several mature jokes/flirtations she makes involve both caleb and herself (examples: e107, 1:16:17 / e110, 1:18:07 / e115, 1:52:53);

she deliberately and specifically engages caleb in full-blown interactions, such as the conversations during the tour of her childhood bedroom (e110, beginning 1:11:38), hanging out with him on the icebreaker ship (e112, beginning 3:45:29), and the reading of der katzenprinz (e115, beginning 1:52:43);

as well as the expansion of more extended ‘conversations’ like their motif of dancing (e108, 13:39 / e109, 2:54:14), their parental relationships (e110, 20:44 and 3:38:41 / e115′s der katzenprinz / e121, beginning 1:52:12), and polymorph shenanigans (examples: e107, beginning 2:58:41 / e117, beginning 1:13:55 / e118, 43:57).

thrown in are additional background details that further tie jester to caleb, such as her determination to recover caleb’s amulet after their defeat of vokodo (e106, 25:33), the knowing comments on his purchasing of paper (e109, 22:32 / e111, 1:25:49), her deliberate choice to ride whaleb during the avantika chase (e113, 2:32:28), her retrieval of caleb’s coat when he’s attempting to remove the necromantic emerald (e115, 1:30:56), and her deliberate reference to der katzenprinz to iver (e120, 3:05:14);

and simply everything about the tower. it’s another example of the art and creativity caleb produces with his magic to make his loved ones happy, which jester acknowledges at least twice (refer to the e111 compliments). contrarily, jester also makes note of the signs that this tower shows less love to caleb than she thinks he deserves, in keeping with her value of emotional intimacy (e115’s der katzenprinz / e122’s floor 8, room 1).

the reading of der katzenprinz in e115 is arguably the pinnacle of these examples. it’s intentionally initiated by jester. she both takes the step to visit caleb's room and indirectly requests him to read the story to her. laura’s implication that she remembered this subplot because of beau’s reading of a very romantic letter from yasha is particularly suggestive. the story itself incorporates many similar characters and themes that are present in jester’s backstory: the lonely, sheltered boy and his single working mom as jester and marion; the dubious cat prince who ultimately gives the boy freedom and confidence as artagan; and the deep love between the boy and his mother because of how they only have each other, which compels a powerful being to have compassion and thus set the boy free so that they can be together. very similar to both jester’s depth of relationship with her mother and her pleas on artagan’s behalf to the moonweaver’s celestial servant.

and the post-story conversation—caleb’s confiding of its importance to him because of his mother. jester’s open willingness to compare the cat prince to artagan, knowing that caleb respects their friendship and has treated artagan fairly. jester’s lingering, repeated looks toward caleb while smiling and holding her copy of der katzenprinz to her heart.

with all this dramatic expansion of the emotional and thematic intimacy between jester and caleb beginning to roll down the hill after e103—in brilliant contrast to their more muted, less reciprocal dynamic before this episode—e103 is more than likely the turning point of jester’s feelings. and based on the events and context, it was caused by the combined emotional appeal of caleb’s offer of unconditional support and his display of love for his family in the programmed illusion of memories.

[moonelf19]

The standout Widofjord moments from this week IMO

-Caleb asking Fjord to come see the academy. I know Caleb has keen mind and doesn’t forget things, but IIRC that “perfect memory” only spans back a month? And it’s been longer in game since fjords interest in learning magic has been mentioned. Even if I’m remembering wrong and keen mind just gives flat perfect memory, Liam remembered. From like. A year ago. He could have easily just brought Nott, because obviously she would say yes. But he thought about it and wanted to take Fjord as well, knowing there would be questions, knowing Fjord is curious AF, and Caleb said “yeah I want to bring Fjord to this very special place and answer very prying questions about my squishy inside feelings” then said that Fjord was a very good friend.

The eye contact. The softness of their voices. A tender moment with only mild playful bickering between Nott and Fjord, who have cemented the fact that their only common ground is that they both adore Caleb.

-Fjord getting wiped by the other paladin, being hurt that jester missed it/wanted to lie about how it went, so Fjord interrupts his banter with Jester to eagerly ask what Caleb thought. He knows Caleb won’t lie. He thinks Caleb doesn’t have a reason to lie, but also I mean he WANTED TO KNOW what Caleb thought. That didn’t read like Travis playing up how unfortunate the dice rolls were (which he was also doing) to me that seemed a lot like Fjord being HELLA insecure, a common theme, and looking to Caleb for reassurance/reinforcement before he cemented how he actually felt.

He could have asked Beau, the better fighter, or Yasha, strong, or even Cad, his fellow Wildmother child. But he asks Caleb? The int wizard? Didn’t even know what they were doing there? Fjord asks him for his opinion first. Like Fjord could have played it off, or he could have revealed that he was devastated, but he checked his guiding force, the person he has been orienting himself around the entire campaign, before drawing conclusions. Because have you noticed? Fjord defers to Caleb, he watches what Caleb does, pivots himself around Calebs opinion and takes what Caleb says as pretty much fact. Fjord is insecure as HELL but he treats Caleb like an infallible source, an immovible rod, a foundation for Fjord to ground himself on.

It’s so interesting because the first instance was showing Calebs development well- he has opened his inner circle, he seems to trust fjord, he’s facing his past and his losses and trying to cope with them, with the help of his friends. Whereas to me the second incident shows that Fjord needs some help. Some of it is Travis making jokes and keeping the mood light because that’s his MO, but it really highlighted that Fjord is insecure, super insecure, and decided that he should use Caleb as a measuring stick despite the fact it’s been revealed that Caleb is MESSED UP. Fjord has started relying on Caduceus as well, but he is still using Calebs high intellect as a resource and referring to him.

I’m glad this episode had some character development and decompressing over what’s been going on because it was sorely missed in the previous one. They needed the downtime to push character stories and check in on where everyone is at mentally.

[dungeonsanddragonsfifthedition]

caduceus!!

favorite thing about them: you already said that he’s baby, so let’s, uh. let’s acknowledge that. i love how genuinely friendly he is. he definitely tends to put on an all-knowing persona and tries to therapize them, which is fine and all, but i love his moments of just. genuine These-Are-My-First-Ever-Friends-And-I-Love-Them sweetness. he made yasha a hat! he stood up for beau before they went into yussah’s tower the first time! “no one’s stupid!” “you deserve more pastries.” and so on. he is so good.

least favorite thing about them: talk about yourself and your emotions sir or else i will die

favorite line: “NO ONE’S COME BACK. WHEN YOU CAME AROUND, I HAD AN INKLING THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY JOB TO DO THIS FROM THE BEGINNING AND THAT I HAD BEEN SHIRKING MY DUTIES. YOU ALL SEEMED LIKE A VERY GOOD SIGN THAT IT WAS TIME TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY.”

i copy/pasted it from an old post of mine thus the formatting but like bro yeah these people ARE your destiny.

also. of course. the ghost-punching line.

brOTP: team cleric forever and always. i love them. so much. their first big scene together, shopping for diamonds in zadash, was clipped, and it was the clip that convinced me to watch cr2 after several weeks of debating it in my brain. they genuinely care about each other!!! remember when she helped him through an anxiety attack? remember when he promised her he had her back for travellercon? remember when they gossiped about boys and ate cupcakes? remember when she bought him a mushroom cookbook? remember when he taught her how to speak to bees? remember when she brought him back to life and told him that his goddess was beautiful? remember when they made a fucking hot tub together on a whim? GOSH.

OTP: after i first saw sleep-well-with-your-bad-decisions i was like, wow, fjord/cad, let’s go. as a joke. and now look at me. the idiot king of fjorclay. they are really so gentle with each other, it’s delightful. i’m still caught up on the whole “fjord feels it when cad communes” thing like what the fuck, matthew.

nOTP: whenever i see him shipped w/ a woman i’m immediately like hes gay dude stop it lol. also i don’t love cl*ysol but i wouldn’t call it a notp.

random headcanon: completely opposite to yours, actually: he is the scrawniest clay by a longshot. he is a firbolg manlet. this also kind of feeds into my strong belief in the Caduceus Is A [siouxsie sioux voice] Sick Chiiiiiiild theory. but. i just want him to be Little. also i want him to be the only one with that fuckin color scheme like there are these relatively normal-looking firbolg gravekeepers, very noble, very intimidating but kind, and then there’s this tiny uncanny valley pastel motherfucker who speaks in nonsense proverbs.

unpopular opinion: i don’t know who that purple motherfucker is but if i see anyone say that cad isn’t as interesting as him again i will not hesitate to scream

song i associate with them: here’s a fucking playlist. but some standouts that i didn’t post the other day are…

starchild / ghost quartet (i am a ghost in the eyes of my god/but i will transcend/and vomit this loser out of me/i will become the next big thing/i will light myself on fire) / “what if i was wrong?”

how to fight loneliness / wilco (and whatever’s going down/will follow you around/that’s how you fight loneliness/youu laugh at every joke/drag your blanket blindly/fill your heart with smoke/and the first thing that you want/will be the last thing you ever need/that’s how you fight it) / “you smile when you’re scared?” “actually, yeah, i do.”

poison ivy grows / the scary jokes (i spend hours, but i don’t know/why my garden doesn’t grow/who knows what the reason is/maybe i’m just a lousy gardener) / “you live in the savalirwood? you’re a crazy motherfucker.” “that’s what some people have said, yeah.”

favorite picture of them: yes this sequence is my icon but i am here for Healing Your Local Lesbian Monk, thanks. so gentle.

[cadaceus]

c2e36

So, I’ve finished Critical Role, Campaign 2, Episode 36: O Captain, Who’s Captain? I feel like we’re getting into some proper pirate stuff which is great because I LOVE pirate stuff. Also, this episode has one of the coolest titles to date. And it had some solid character development too! More comments below and beneath the cut <3

- I just have to say that when Caduceus says to Yasha “You keep leaving... I think you might have the right idea.” I love how the cast’s reaction isn’t to laugh or to take it lightly, but to kind of go “oh no” and react appropriately to what Caduceus is implying about his own future pathways, idk, I just loved their reactions to that.

- Caduceus has turned into Eeyore,,,, my darling child

- Cad: *deep sigh* “Well, he’ll be dead eventually.” / Liam: “Caduceus is America tonight.” I have no idea what happened in America on October 1, 2018, but I’m going to assume it’s something to do with Trump asdfghjkl

- This carpenter NPC guy on the Mist (Gallan is his name I think) is really in over his head here, but Jester and Nott hyping him up and telling him how he’s the best because he survived this brutal attack is so funny 

- Laura turning to Taliesin and then to Marisha for approval for her “Do balls make you powerful joke?” ….. relatable and also I love her

- Travis’ realization and spinning to Caleb and going “OH you’re going to be so helpful in this! I dub thee... the ship’s navigator” and Liam looking taken aback and slightly adjusting his glasses is such a quality interaction

- Jester and Caduceus just had such a sweet moment and then Jester looked over at Beau who gave her a subtle little thumbs up...… I think my heart just melted

- Caleb’s going from monologuing alone about how he’s going to leave these people and never look back (Episode 26) to now talking to Nott about how they have to keep everyone else’s morale up because this is their new family and he wants this to “keep going” (Episode 36) :(((( my son

- It’s clear how much thought Laura has put into Jester’s character, I love

- “There are vegetarian options available as well.” / *Liam’s Pirate’s Voice* “Hey, this quinoa’s pretty good!”

- Lots of solid character development/relationship bonding during watches on this pirate ship apparently, dang. I do love the fact that Caleb gave Beau a little baby owl (aka Frumpkin) as a kind of temporary fill-in for Professor Thaddeus, that’s so cute!

- I listened to the back half of this in actual podcast form (as opposed to YouTube-ing it), so I didn’t keep notes/have many comments, but some standout moments were definitely Caleb faking a medical emergency in a team-building attempt gone awry, as well as Beau being a badass monk in the general direction of those harpies. NICE.